Chopping-block



(No Model.)

L. ROWE.

SHOPPING BLOCK. No. 307,731. Patented Nov. 4, 1884.

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NITED Tiaras .a'rnnr LEVIS ROYVE, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOPPING-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,731, dated November 4, 1884.

Application filed March 27, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEwis ROWE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chopping Blocks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accom' panying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in whicl1 Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, and Fig. 4. is a horizontal sectional View, of ameat-block embodying my invention.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to meat-blocks; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of; parts of a meat-block having a rack of shelving attached to it, upon which the meat may be placed after being cut off upon the block, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, A designates the body of the block, which is constructed or made up of any desired number of sections B B of wood, which are so arranged in relation to each other that the grain of the wood shall run vertically. The sections B B are connected by means of dowel-pins O O, and are bound or tied together by means of bolts D and E running, respectively, longitudinally and transversely through the block.

F and G are a pair of leg-frames, constructed, preferably, of cast-iron, and of any suit able shape or general outline. These leg frames are provided at their upper ends with bearings H for the trunnions of a pivoting bolt, I, extending longitudinally through the center of the body of the block, which is thus mounted pivotally upon the said leg-frames. It will thus be seen that when one side hecomes worn or soiled the block may be readily reversed and the other side exposed. To retain the block in a horizontal position while in use I avail myself of a spring-bolt, J, fitted in the leg-frame G, and engaging one of a pair of holes or recesses in the end of the block. The outer side of the frame G is provided with lugs or staples K K, to receive and hold the legs L L of a detachable rack of shelves, M. The latter, the general construction of which is unimportant, serves to receive the pieces or slices of meat which have been cut off upon the block.

Owing to the construction of the block as herein described, small pieces of timber may be employed in its manufacture, and an excellent and serviceable meatblock may thus be produced at a small expense, while the use of soft or unsound pieces of wood may be avoided.

The advantages of having the block reversible are obvious, as are also the advantages of the detachable rack, which, when not in use, may be removed and packed or stored under the block, or in some other suitable place.

I claim as my invention and desire to se cure by Letters Patent of the United States The rotatable meat-block A, journaled in standards F G, and locked in position by the means shown, jointly with the rack of shelving detaehably secured to the standard G, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS ROWE. \Vitnesses:

DAVID D. LLOYD, Wrnmnu NEWTON RICA. 

